Denton, Oxfordshire

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Denton
Oxfordshire
Stables at Denton House (geograph 2056599).jpg
Stables at Denton House
Location
Grid reference: SP594024
Location: 51°43’5"N, 1°8’28"W
Data
Post town: Oxford
Postcode: OX44
Dialling code: 01865
Local Government
Council: South Oxfordshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Henley
Website: cuddesdonanddenton.org

Denton is a hamlet in Oxfordshire.[1][2]

The name of the village is derived from the Old English den-tun meaning "valley farmstead".[1] Denton is in a fold of the landscape, between the two hills on which Cuddesdon and Garsington stand. Denton is an ancient manor.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A History of the County of Oxford - Volume 5 pp 96-116: Parishes: Cuddesdon (Victoria County History)
  2. "Denton & Chippinghurst". Aston Rowant & Chilterns Spring Line Villages. WordPress. https://astonrowant.wordpress.com/denton-chippinghurst/. Retrieved 8 September 2021.